[*BCM*] LivableStreets StreetTalk June 25: What we can learn from Spain: urban mobility planning in Barcelona

[Jackie Douglas]

 Dear friend,
The next LivableStreets StreetTalk is next Thursday, June 25 at 7 pm.
Please forward the information below to your friends and networks. We hope
to see you next week!
Thanks,
LivableStreets Alliance

*LivableStreets Alliance StreetTalk
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*What we can learn from Spain: urban mobility planning in Barcelona *
by Marius Navazo, Urban Planner, Barcelona, Spain
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*Thursday, June 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm*
@ LivableStreets office space, 100 Sidney Street, Cambridge  (directions:
www.livablestreets.info/node/530)

*This event is free and open to the public, donations suggested, beer/sodas
provided compliments of Harpoon Brewery and delivered thanks to Metro Pedal
Power!*

*What are the results of implementing better transit networks, traffic
calming zones, and a bike sharing program?* Are these measures always
environmentally-friendly? Are they enough to create better places to live
and enjoy? Learn about the development of urban mobility plans in Greater
Barcelona and Catalonia, Spain. See what the Catalan Government is
encouraging municipalities to do.
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*Marius Navazo* is a geographer who has been working for the last 10 years
in town and regional planning, focused on transportation and its impacts to
improve cities from a social and environmental perspective. He has been
working at the Catalan Government for the last 4 years, and now he is a
freelancer working for different municipalities in the Barcelona area.

(Photograph: a typical day on Les Rambles, Barcelona)
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*For more information, **go to* www.livablestreets.info/node/2154

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Jacqueline Y. Douglas I Transportation Advocate
LivableStreets Alliance I Rethinking Urban Transportation
jackie at livablestreets.info
617.621.1746 (work)
914.318.3603 (cell)
www.livablestreets.info
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